the future of education in a freelance world - meredith goddard

Beyond Grades, Walls and Online LearningThe Future of Education in a Freelance World

Monday, October 6, 14

"We were promised flying cars, and instead what we got was 140 characters”

-Peter Thiel


THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: SCRAPPY, CREATIVE, SKILL- BASED

• 40% freelancers in the American work place by 2020

• About 30% of companies report that a lack of skilled workers is a major barrier to growth in America in 2014

• TAO of Oregon reports that the #1 issue facing the growing Portland tech and startup scene is a lack of skilled workers

• Double digit unemployment for the Millennial Generation since the Great Recession

• 44% of Millenials are underemployed, costing America $25 Billion annually


LET’S BE VISIONARY: A CALL FOR RADICAL REDESIGN IN EDUCATION


“PBL” TO “SYSTEMS BASED LEARNING”


“SYSTEMS BASED LEARNING” IS AN INFINITE CYCLE OF LIFELONG LEARNING


THEORY/PRACTICE OR CONTEXT/ SKILLS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER


THEORY: CONTEXT AND CONNECTIONS IN SYSTEMS


PRACTICE: SKILLS TO ENHANCE EACH SYSTEM


PRACTICE: STUDENTS CRAVE EXPERIENCES


LEARNING: MAGIC HAPPENS WITH MIXED ABILITIES AND AGES


SKILLS: APPRENTICESHIPS WORK


CLASSROOM PERMEABILITY “BETWEEN WORLDS” FOR LEARNING


CLASSROOM PERMEABILITY: “REAL TIME,” LOCAL, LOCATION BASED LEARNING


CLASSROOM FLEXIBILITY: SITTING IS AS LETHAL AS SMOKING


CLASSROOM FLEXIBILITY: LIBERATION FROM SCHEDULES AND DESKS


CLASSROOM FLEXIBILITY IS CHEAP: POP-UPS, CARTS


SPACE ISSUES: HOW TO MAKE THE SHARING ECONOMY WORK BETWEEN SCHOOL

AND INDUSTRY


TEACHERS WILL ALWAYS MATTER BECAUSE EDUCATION IS ABOUT

RELATIONSHIPS


LET’S BE OK WITH THIS: TEACHERS WILL NEVER KNOW AS MUCH AS THEIR IPHONES


TEACHERS ARE EVERYWHERE


TEACHERS AS AMATEURS, MASTER LEARNERS


TEACHING FOR CONTEXT AND CONNECTIONS


GRADES ARE SCARY


SUBSTANTIVE MEANS OF EVALUATION: REFLECTIONS, GOALS, HABITS


ALTERNATIVES TO GRADES: COMMUNITY BASED ASSESSMENT, LIFELONG LEARNING

RUBRICS, ALIGNED INCENTIVES

• AACU calls for assessment based on:

• curiosity

• initiative

• independence

• transfer

• reflection


EVERY STUDENT SHOULD OWN THEIR DOMAIN NAME AND SHOW THEIR WORK


TEACH WHAT MATTERS: WHO AM I? WHO ARE WE? WHAT IS GOOD?


CHANGE AND THE FUTURE: E= MC^2, MOORE’S LAW, BRAIN PLASTICITY


OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON OUR IMAGINATION AND COLLECTIVE WILL.
